Lady&#39;s hat-pin.



A. WALS.

LADYS HAT PIN.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 15, 1011.

1,078,881. Patented sept. 23, 1913.

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f@ www@ yse ANDR WALS, OF GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

LADYS HAT-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. August 15, 1911.

Patented Sept. 23, i 913.

serial No. 644,089.

To all whom t may conce/ra:

Be it known that, I, ANDR NVALs, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Glasgow, Scotland, have invented certain new and useitul Improvements in Ladies llatl)ins, et which the following is a speci tication.

rthis invention relates to hat pins tor securing ladies hats in place on the head.

Under this invent-ion the hat pin has a point which, when pusl'ied through the hat', turns, or curls back ot' itselt so that the point will not project outward and be liable to do injury.

l prefer to make the pinot tubular torinationY with a second pin or wire extending therethrough said second pin being provided, at one end, with a suitable handle, knob or the like and at the other end, with a spring or tlexible 'part which is so made or tempered that, when this part, which carries the point is pushed beyond the tubular` part it curls or turns back of itself so as to reverse the point. The spring or flexible part may loe simply a flat, spiral or other spring to which a point is secured or on which it is made. It desired, the second pin or wire may be of spiral formation throughout.

Instead ot having the inner part ol the hat pin provided with a turning back portion the outer tubular part may be made to carry lthe point and to bend or curl back on a wire or pin, in its interior being pulled. In this case the tubular part may be made of spiral formation.

lin order that the invention may be clearly understood I have hereunto appended explanatory drawings which show, by way ot illustration or exan'iple, two modes ot carrying out the invention.

Un the said drawings, Figure 1 is a view ot one form ot hat pin shown ready io'r insertion into the hat. Fig. 2 is a view oit the same in section. Fig. 3 is a View ot' the same hat pin as it appears after insertion through the hat, its point being turned back. Fig. It is a part section and part outside view oi another 'form of hat pin, shown ready :for insertion into the hat. Fig. 5 is a view oit the same with its point turned back.

rll`he hat pin shown at Figs. l to El has a tubular member a within which is fitted a steel or other suitable pin or wire Y; oit greater length than the member ai and having, at one end, an ornamental or other head c and, at the other a point cl. The end et the wire 7J on which the point cl is pro vided has a spring action being tempered so as to normally turn back as shown at Fig. 3. It held straight when drawn within the tubular member a. The point (Z is shown made with a reduced part JL adapted to lit into the end ot the tubular niember (i.

In the form ot hat pin shown at Figs. t and 5 the tubular member (il is formed out ot a spirally wound wire which has a spring action at its end being suitably ten'ipered; ril`he point (l: is secured on the end thereof and tends to turn back as shown at Fig. 5 being only kept straight when the inner pin or wire b1 is pushed thereinto. The pin or wire b1 in this case has an ornamental or other head al, and the point il has a reduced part il adapted to [it in the end ot the tubular member (L.

As will be seen, a'lter pushing the tube (L (Fig. l) through the hat, it the head c is pushed the end ol the inner wire will he pushed through the tube thereby allowing it, owing to its spring action, to turn back thus presenting the point lo the hat instead ot having it 1'irojecting outward as usual.

lVith the arrangement Figs. 11; and 5 the head c1 is pushed so as 'to torce the tube (1.1 through the hat and thereafter on pulling back the head al the end ot the tube al turns back so as to present the point inward.

llavii'ig now tally described my invention what l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

l. A hat-pin, comprising a pointed pinmember adapted to pass through the hat and having its pointed end-portion teun pered to normally bend back upon itselt, and means 'forming part oit the pin structure .tor temporarily straightening such teinpercd portion so that it can bc pushed. through the hat.

2. it hatspin, comlirising a pointed pinmcnlber adapted to pass through the hat and having its pointed end-portion teinpcrcd to normally bend bark upon itself, and sliding means :forming part ol the pin structure carried by said pin 'for temporarily straightening such tempered portion so that it can be pushed through the hat.

8. A hairpin, comprising a pointed pinmember adapted to pass through the hat and having its pointed cnil-portion te1n pei-cd to normally bend back upon itself,

and means forming part of the pinstruoture' slidable in relation to said pin to engage and temporarily straighten such tempered portion so that it can be passed through the hat.

4L. A hat-pin, comprising a pointed pinmember adapted to pass through the hat and having its pointed end-portion tempered to normally bend back upon itself, and a member slidable in its relation to said pin member and supported to form a part of the pin-structure and engaging the tempered end-portion to temporarily straighten the same. Y

5. A hat-pin, Comprising a pointed pinmember adapted to pass through the hat and having its pointed end-portion teinpered to normally bend back upon itself7 and a sheath slidable upon such pin-member to straighten and support such tempered portion.

6. A hat-pin,co1nprising a tubular sheath, a pin slidable in such sheath and having its outer end-portion tempered to normally bend back upon itself, and a point upon the end of said pin and formed With a reduced inner portion adapted to t into the outer end of the sheath.

7. A ladys hat pin having the end-portion thereof carrying the point tempered so that When the pin is pushed through the hat it turns back on itself and is reversed and means whereby the pin is held straight When being pushed through the hat.

8. A ladys hat pin having the part adjacent the point thereof tempered so that when the pin is pushed through the hat the tempered part turns back on itself and reverses the point.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses. Y

ANDRE WALS. Witnesses:

H. D. FITZPATRICK, JAMES THOMSON.

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Washington, D. C. 

